Jewel - You Were Meant For Me 

When I was 12 my bestfriend Bree lost her mom and the next morning I was in her living room with her and she put's this cassette in and Jewel comes on. It was this song specifically and she tells me this song reminds of her mom and we listened to it over and over again while I helped her clean her house for her dad. Four years later Bree died in a car accident and I played this for her,for me, endlessly. She was the first person to teach me that music can soothe the soul and bring some much needed peace and a little reprieve from heartache.

My late wife introduced me to this great singer musically in 1997. R.I.P. my love Anne.

I can listen to this song over and over and never get tired of it.

As a song writer, these lyrics are so descriptive of what it’s like to lose someone and feel nothing but shock and heartache, going through the motions… a perfect auditorial illustration.

“I’m half alive but I feel mostly dead” Anyone that has had a broken heart can completely understand this.

Back in May of 2000 my wife and little boy were both killed by a drunk driver. After the police notified me and had left I pulled myself together and headed upstairs to let my 10 year old daughter know what had happened. When I walked into her bedroom she saw my tear streaked face and, in her words, “I could tell you were dying inside, it was all over your face.” As I sat there trying to comfort her this song was playing on her radio. I didn’t know who Jewel was and, being a Classic Rock guy, I doubt that I had ever heard any of her music until that moment. Ive heard this song many times over the years since and it always takes me back to that night. The song is beautiful but I definitely have a love/hate relationship with it. I miss my wife and my little man as much now as I ever have and this song can still make me tear up. Sorry for the long, rambling post but I heard this again on my way to work this morning and I decided to Google the video and check the comments to see if anyone else had a story like mine. Reading them inspired me to tell my own. I’m off now to teach my 6 year old grandson the right way to bait a hook and, hopefully, how to clean a trout. Wish us luck!

This is one of THOSE songs. It will stand the test of time. Beautiful song. Beautiful lady❤

I'm trying to recover from an alcohol addiction. I'm 1 week in, going strong. I was feeling the urge to drink this morning until I heard this song. It gave me strength to keep pushing forward with my sobriety. Everything about this song touches my soul. God bless the people who made it!! I will definitely be tapping into this song often.

This is the 1st time since 1999 that I have been able to listen to this haunting song. It was my mother's favourite song and it was playing on repeat on tape, when she committed suicide in 1999 This song still haunts me. Sorry for the info but I finally have closure to press play and embrace the pain and try to see to the beauty maybe she may have heard so she didn't die alone , thank you jewel for being there for her, even just your voice. you said the words that she could not. Peace, love and light to everyone who took the time to read this. Remember that you are not alone in this world, please ask for help if you are having a hard time, call a friend, hotline, anyone. Don't be afraid to ask for help, like my mom, life is better with you in it, even when yourself feels like you don't. You matter to someone, you have a purpose even if it's a message of hope. ✌️ ❤️ 🌞

Hard to believe that album was released 25 years ago. Wow.

This song reminds me of riding in my Dad's Buick LeSabre with my mom behind the wheel and Jewel's album playing. Me and my sisters in the back. What we call human nature is actually human habit, that is what was written on Jewel's first album. My mom was a fantastic person. Mother's day is coming up in 2 days and I am grateful to have had a mom like her. She succumbed to stage 4 breast cancer in 2018. Thanks mom.

Couldn’t watch MTV in the 90’s without hearing this song

I was a teenager when this album came out, and at forty-one...I’m still a fan. I’m glad that it’s getting the anniversary recognition it deserves. 💛

I can't dude. Her voice is so beautiful & so are the lyrics. Straight tear-jerker. I hope everyone here knows they are loved.

This is how you make a song cry.

Back when love was more important than career.

This song is timeless. Thank you Jewel

I always get choked up at the “I go about my business, I’m doing fine, besides what would I say if I had you on the line? Same old story not much to say; hearts are broken everyday.”

You know the person is an artist when they can reach in and touch your soul with just their voice...

2024 Anybody?

Jewel is such a rare breed her voice is so unique and one of a kind. 90s music was the best time for music.

Sometimes I forget that I am not 17. Then I play this song and I am,

I’ll never forget hearing Jewel sing this at a small concert in SC, around the early 2000’s. I took my 4 year old daughter, and I was in the middle of a really bad divorce. I needed her words that day and many many times after. Her music has gotten me through some really tough times. Now I listen and just smile bc I am happy qnd grateful for those tough times bc they led me here, right where I belong.

Brings me back to my teenage years! Thank you Jewel

I took so many of these 90's pop/easy listening songs for granted when I was young and dumb but now that I'm older and dumber, they truly are beautiful songs!

People always make fun of her teeth but I always thought she was HOT AF, and she's a true blue country gal... DAMN!

This whole album was really special. The 90s brought us the last of really great music from rap to pop to metal to grunge to country. It was the last great decade.

This was my moms favorite song, she passed along time ago but I still come back to this song and it makes me feel well. Thanks Jewel.

My brother was born when this song came out. I was an only child for 16 years. I used to sing this to him when he was a baby. He is 23 and lives on the other side of the world now. When it does come on the radio makes me miss my baby brother.

Listening to her on jre has me here all these years later

This song perfectly describes what it’s like when you lose the love of your life it still hurts

Still hits my heart like a freight train at the age of 32.. life was so full of joy and possibilities when this would come on in my parents car. Its not over yet.. time to Rediscover happiness.

I'm 62 years old, I'm still playing this song on the guitar! I still have the sheet music I bought decades ago! Love this. Love her.

It's crazy how JRE podcasts get so emotional sometimes. And to think it was with Jewel.

I’ve sang this for 12 years to my little boys. It always soothed them as babies.

As a raging metalhead, I say this song is beautiful. That's right. I said that. It's beautiful.

My first concert was jewel. My mom called a radio station on her lunch break at work and won tickets. I was 10 and never forget.

Just saw her live last night in San Diego, she absolutely stole the night, all I can say is mastery, she’s a musical master

Jewel is magical. Period

Smooth yet relaxing- Jewel reaffirms what I have believed 😢We all have soul mate- don't know where, don't know when but often right where we are- Friendship can turn to love if we are open 😮to it.😊

I grew up with this as well as Alanis Morissette, Sheryl crow, Joan Osborne, No Doubt..had no idea of her story. Thanks JRE.

She was my first grown upish crush when this came out (I was 9, but it was a way more serious relationship than Kimberly [the pink ranger]) ❤🥰😂 Had to stop by and reminisce after starting the new JRE podcast

Here for Judge Frank Capiro . His recent reel made me cry . This song gets him through chemo and the angels speak to him through this song . Praying for you Judge !! ♥️🥺

I first heard jewel in my 20's... I'm now 51 and oh my God... This woman sparks all kinds of goodness within me..

This is one of those songs that just sounds timeless. Even when it came out I thought it sounded like an old song that just has existed forever

Who's here February 2021?? Still a great song all these years later. Thank you RU-vid for randomly reminding me of it by putting it in my recommended. Great 90s memories!

Happy Birthday today, Jewel! To the singer celebrating a milestone today.

Reminds me of when my sister was born. My mom listened to this album and jagged little pill. I can appreciate both now as an adult way more than back then.

My sister and I have sung this together since 1997 as teens. 37 and 39 now we still play it on guitar, glass of whiskey - thank you for bringing beauty into those moments we share

I heard this song after having an argument with my husband and it made me feel super heartbroken. I just imagined that this is how I would feel and how I would cope if I lost him and it made me value what we have. Later that night I told him about how melancholic I felt after the argument and listening to Jewel’s song and he told me he was sad all day too. I guess what she does with this song is reflect on the human experience of carrying on your day to day life with a broken heart, and a small hope that your “one” will realize you belong together.

Anyone from the 90s here? OMG you member this song!!! Take me back!!!!!

It doesnt matter how much time passes i will always come back to this song

God music doesn't sound like this anymore I miss it so much

Lyrics: I hear the clock, it's 6 AM I feel so far from where I've been I got my eggs, I got my pancakes too I got my maple syrup, everything but you I break the yolks and make a smiley face I kinda like it in my brand new place Wipe the spots off of the mirror Don't leave the keys in the door I never put wet towels on the floor anymore 'cause Dreams last so long Even after you're gone I know that you love me And soon you will see You were meant for me And I was meant for you I called my mama, she was out for a walk Consoled a cup of coffee but it didn't wanna talk So I picked up a paper, it was more bad news More hearts being broken or people being used Put on my coat in the pouring rain I saw a movie it just wasn't the same 'Cause it was happy or I was sad And it made me miss you oh so bad 'cause Dreams last so long Even after you're gone I know that you love me And soon you will see You were meant for me And I was meant for you I go about my business, I'm doing fine Besides, what would I say if I had you on the line? Same old story, not much to say Hearts are broken every day I brush my teeth, I put the cap back on I know you hate it when I leave the light on I pick up a book up and then I turn the sheets down And then I take a deep breath, a good look around Put on my pj's and hop into bed I'm half alive but I feel mostly dead I try and tell myself it'll all be alright I just shouldn't think anymore tonight 'cause Dreams last so long Even after you're gone And I know that you love me And soon you will see You were meant for me And I was meant for you Yeah, you were meant for me And I was meant for you

Beautiful song to sing. Love you Jewel still listening and still singing after all these years.❤

What a voice, this song will never get old. Jewel has that gift of reaching deep into your soul. Besides the fact that Jewel is drop dead gorgeous!

“That was one of the best podcasts ever” 😭😭😭

My beloved cat died all of a sudden. He was silent, didn't even meow or make any sound at all. But I loved him and I know he loved me. This song reminds of him daily.

The mid 90’s had amazing music!

My wife loved this song. She was with me 40 years before she passed. She was was a wonderful woman. Now she with Jesus.

Jewel songs makes you feel and think about the 90s. Also makes you think of high school. Its a memory hit maker.

My mothers favourite artist. Lost her last month, we shared a lot of songs, but this was our #1. She was my platonic soulmate. She was really meant for me.

Haven't heard this song for years

This song lives rent free in my head.

One of the most representative nineties songs from one of the nineties' most beautiful singers.

Will love this song forever and ever 😭❤️

Me and my daughter always sing this song together and it warms my heart! ❤

Congratulations Jewel on winning The Masked Singer

The most appropriate artist name ever. She truly is a jewel.

I dont even know how many years later because I'm 31 now and this song came out when I was a kid....Still crying to it like my heart broke all over again....ugh nostalgia...

Here because judge caprio is listening at you during his chemo session. If you can let him feel better, you are precious

After watching the Joe Rogan podcast w/ Jewel, I immediately had to listen to this beautiful artist.

I'm loving seeing others who are here after her JRE interview. She's such a beautiful and authentic soul.

Only 4 words to say....... Still love this song

By buddy and I were walking to a party at Penn State in 1995 and saw a stage on the HUB lawn with a big Playboy bunny on the side. Naturally we checked it out. It was a small concert and Jewel was singing. The heavy Seattle sound was still the rage but we both thought she was talented and cute as hell. I bought the CD later that week. Loved it

My 3 sons & I just lost my husband a few minths ago, 1 week before this past Christmas... Man, this song just hits a little harder now...

Better than anything on the radio today.

Some things take you back to that exact moment you heard or saw them for the very first time. Jewel sitting on the bed singing, at that exact moment I'm taken back in time.

WOW, THIS LADY CAN REALLY SING! Thanks. John P.

I met my husband in 1992. I was 14. We broke up for 2 years due to distance. His parents moved to Fl, I lived in MI. (Back then it was 10cents a minute for the phone, or snail mail) while we were apart i would cry to this song. It was i was meant for "Stevie".... 23 years of marriage, and we love each other as much as we did when I 1st heard this song.... We live together, work together, and play together. Theres no place in this world id rather be. And I still love this song, and still think of him when i hear it... I consider myself blessed. I have my soul mate. There isn't any material things I'd trade my life for. We may not have all money can buy- but we truly have it all.

This song is just as amazing as when it first came out, haven't heard Jewel for a hot minute. For all those that came from JRE and never heard her music, I'm glad yall are here. Jam out my fellow RU-vid peeps.

My mom passed away in 2013, she was my absolute best friend. She always played this song in the car when I was in middle school and it became one of my favorite songs. I’m playing it now 10 years later and it’s so beautifully nostalgic.

So Beautiful and it’s exactly how I feel

She once wished my spiritual wife a Happy Birthday at the Casino ballroom in NH. Sally’s since committed suicide and I will forever be grateful to Jewel for saying that

I remember growing up, my playlist always consisted of Rock & Metal, with 80's hair bands being most common. Then, snuck in between all of that: Jewel. I made no apologies then, and I make none now. Still on my playlist all these years later.

Still love you Jewel...

Over all experience… Sometimes relationships seem like there meant to last forever, they seem like all you gotta do is forgive, keep loving and loving and loving, you just keep trying your best and you keep giving it your 110% and hope it pays off… But some people just can’t get over themselves… You sit there in denial just going through the motions thinking to yourself…. One day, I’m going to show that person how much I love them and they’re going to finally appreciate me. Hope, can seem so brutal sometimes. That’s how I feel when I hear this song. It punches me right in the gut and I cry every time. That feeling of being worn out, in denial, going through the motions, believing that love can outweigh ignorance, trying so hard to prove yourself, fighting so hard to gain that persons love and support, and they just don’t get it. “I know, you love me and soon you will see…” It’s like a self beating of wishing like hell it was your fault, because if it was, you could just turn it all around and fix it and everything would be fine again. Stuck in a traumatic trance going through the motions just wishing you could obtain the unobtainable and not willing to accept that you’re just not going to get it… It’s just not there… It’s like that person is dead and alive at the same time and there’s just nothing you can do about it. Soon you will see??? People like that never see… They just take all your love in for themselves and spit in your face and kick you when your down. Teasing you with the hope that they can change one day just to keep you coming back for more. Using your own good nature against you. Some people are just cruel like that. This is a perfect auditorial illustration of what it’s like to be utterly defeated with absolutely nothing you can do about it in love with someone who just won’t love you back, or can’t love you back, for what ever reason. It makes me want to hug who ever suffers through this and tell them it’s not their fault… That person tried everything she could… It’s ok to let go now… It’s ok to move on… What a horrible loss.

"Dreams last for so long, even after your gone."…….. I miss my Theresa. RIP

Thank you Joe I forgot how amazing her voice is so different.

This is her most brilliant song in my opinion.

I’ve been looking for this song for 8 years and now I’ve finaly found it 😁

Being a head-banger all my life, there is something about Jewel that makes me stop and listen. It's hard to explain, but I love her music.

Here I am at 38 years old still listening to this. I remember when this CD came out. Mainly because when I went and bought it I got kicked out of Southlake Mall for kicking this dude's ass for making fun of me for buying it. Good times and good music.

This naturally beautiful woman is simply wonderful.

When this came out, I was in "love" with her. Beautiful and a beautiful song.

This song isn’t about being heartbroken and trying to fix things with that person, it’s about moving on and knowing things will never work but still missing that person.

My sister loved Jewel's music as a Teenager tomorrow would've been her 38th birthday so in memory of her I'm listening to one of her favorite songs Happy Heavenly Birthday sis love you now and forever.

What a BEAUTIFUL voice

Same old story not much to say hearts are broken every day😢😢❤

I listen to 90's music so I can forget what we're going through now and remember how good it used to be.